From 1986 to 1991, the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Army Corps and earmarked to support the reserve Motorized Brigade "Piemonte".

[1] The battalion's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.

[2] The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's I Motor-mechanized Brigade, which was formed on 2 June 1936 and expanded, on 20 April 1939, to 131st Armored Division "Centauro".

The battalion is also the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the 136th Armored Legionary Division "Centauro", which was active from July to September 1943.

In fall of 1955, the division moved its headquarters to Novara and joined the 3rd Army Corps.

[1] On the same date, 1 January 1976, the division's services grouping command in Novara was reorganized and renamed Logistic Battalion "Centauro", which received the traditions of all preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units bearing the name "Centauro".

[3] On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.

[1][5][6] On the same date, 1 November 1986, the Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Centauro" was assigned to the Support Units Command of the 3rd Army Corps.